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Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial

monument in Warsaw, Poland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ124054828 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial (Polish: Pomnik Cypriana Kamila Norwida) is a sculpture in Warsaw, Poland, within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district, in the Royal Baths Park. It has a form of a white stone sculpture of Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a 19th-century writer, poet, painter sculptor, and philosopher, placed on a granite pedestal. The monument, based on a sculpture by Julia Keilowa, was unveiled in 2006.

History

The monument was dedicated to Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a 19th-century writer, poet, painter sculptor, and philosopher. It was a replica of a sculpture by Julia Keilowa, and it was unveiled in 2006, the 185th anniversary of the year of Norwid's death.

Characteristics

The monument is placed in the central portion of the Royal Baths Park. It is located within the neighbourhood of Ujazdów in the Downtown district.

The white stone sculpture depicts the upper half of Cyprian Kamil Norwid, wearing a long coat, and with a hand placed on his chest. His head is tiled down. At the bottom of the sculpture is written "Norwid".

Editorial summary

“Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial” enters the record as monument in Warsaw, Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cyprian, Kamil and Norwid can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Cyprian, Kamil and Norwid.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Cyprian, Kamil and Norwid provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q124054828. Authority coordinates are 52.214, 21.032. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial primary sources, Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial archive and Cyprian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Cyprian Kamil Norwid Memorial” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.